the Chief of Police would like to have a word with you...

[DeadElephant_ORG]

Daryl K. Roberts is Hartford, Illinois's Chief of Police.

Society's lack of civility and our indifference toward one another's feelings has again become
the topic of the national discourse. Recently, we witnessed U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson publicly disrespecting our
commander in chief, President Barack Obama...

...For too many, this boorish behavior has become entertainment and, I believe, when such behavior is considered
OK, other social boundaries become blurred. If it is acceptable to disrespect each other, and if we see entertainment
value in watching people verbally or physically attacking one another, other things are just as easily justified.

…So what if individuals resort to violence to resolve their arguments? Why use reason and communication to resolve
conflicts when you can use a weapon? Just as broken windows and other signs of blight can lead to crime, so too
can our acceptance of rude and disrespectful behavior. It's like a broken window of the human spirit.

…The challenge for us today is … to live each day as caring individuals, respectful of each other as we travel
through life together — not because we have to, but because it is the right thing to do and the right way to behave.

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[DeadElephant_ORG]

1. Roberts recommends we visit www.civilityproject.org, and consider taking their pledge.

"...I recently came across the website www.civilityproject.org. I encourage you to visit it and consider this organization's pledge: "I will be civil in my public discourse and behavior. I will be respectful of others whether or not I agree with them. I will stand against incivility when I see it."

[Forkboy]

2. That headline is a major flashback.

:evilgrin:

[Hutzpa]

3. Send this over to

Fox News.

[DeadElephant_ORG]

4. holy crap. I googled the chief and Fox, and look what I found...

A 78-year-old man is tossed like a rag doll by a hit-and-run driver
and lies motionless on a busy city street as car after car goes by.
Pedestrians gawk but appear to do nothing. One driver stops briefly
but then pulls back into traffic. A man on a scooter slowly circles
the victim before zipping away.

The chilling scene — captured on video by a streetlight surveillance
camera — has touched off a round of soul-searching in Hartford, with
the police chief lamenting:
"We no longer have a moral compass." "We have no regard for each other,"
said Chief Daryl Roberts.